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mystifying
In the early 90s, Nick Leeson found himself working in Singapore as a poorly-supervised options trader on behalf of Britain's storied Barings Bank. His defalcation in this capacity (to the tune of over 1.3 billion dollars) led to Baring's unexpected collapse and about 6 years of jail time for the miscreant. <
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>While behind bars, he wrote a story of his life entitled "Rogue Trader." This movie is heavily based on that book. <
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>As for the quality of what you're getting here, I have to say the whole thing's a bit puzzling. <
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>On the surface, there seems nothing wrong with this movie. The acting is all fine, the directing fine, the script fine. In theory the subject matter is interesting and the filmmakers make no obvious blunders. <
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>Yet it's one of those movies that has so little to recommend it that months later you probably won't even be able to remember watching it. <
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>Can't quite put my thumb on why: I've read Leeson's book and found it entertaining in a grisly sort of way. <
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>But here we have a movie, and a movie that simply doesn't work. <
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>Is that because Leeson's story simply does not lend itself well to the medium of film? Is is because the whole thing is predictable and there really aren't any twists? Is is because what Leeson was doing was so complicated that, despite the valiant efforts of the filmmakers, you spend the entire movie more or less in a fog? Is it because the movie contains a scarcity of people to root for? <
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>Whatever the case, you can definitely find something better to do with two hours of your time.

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three stars for Rogue Trader
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>The rogue trader of the movie is Nick Leeson who brought down the venerable 200-year-old Barings bank. Being based on his biography, the film is full of justification for his financial legerdemain -- his superiors were greedy, he was burdened with inexperienced staff, his wife of high expectations had a miscarriage that precipitated his final gambling run... <
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>Ewan McGregor was uninspired in his playing the lead role and the first two-thirds of the film is a slog. The only reason I didn't rate it any lower is because the subject matter itself is interesting and towards the end the pace does pick up as you try to figure out how much longer Leeson can keep up the deception.

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Good Lead Actors, Decent Movie
McGregor and Friel make a cute couple. While there's not a whole lot of depth, it is a fairly good translation of Nick Leeson's book.